David Mahonski

David Allen Mahonski (27 May 1958-28 November 1992) was an American electrician and an attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan who was arrested on 15 March 1984 while pulling out a shotgun in front of the White House.

Biography
David Allen Mahonski was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on 27 May 1958. He graduated from the Williamsport Area Community College in December 1979, earning an associate degree in electrical construction. Mahonski then worked as an electrician, and he was said to have had "emotional problems", with a supermarket owner noticing that he often left half of his breakfast for "the spirits". In 1984, he was warned to stay away from the White House by Secret Service personnel, as he had made threats against President Ronald Reagan. On 15 March 1984, he approached the south grounds of the White House with a shotgun hidden in his coat, and he was approached by security agents. He pulled out the shotgun, only to be shot in the arm and apprehended. On 16 March, he was arraigned, and it was determined that he was mentally ill. Mahonski died in 1992 at the age of 34.